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Last change on this file since 0e47947 was de4bf48, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r3882@server: jim | 2006-06-09 13:42:13 -0700
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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-automake" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="automake.html"?>
10
11 <title>Automake-&automake-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake">
14 <primary sortas="a-Automake">Automake</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles
21 for use with Autoconf.</para>
22
23 </sect2>
24
25 <sect2 role="installation">
26 <title>Installation of Automake</title>
27
28 <para os="a">Prepare Automake for compilation:</para>
29
[e0e40d3]30<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]31
[e0e40d3]32 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
[3f8be484]33
[e0e40d3]34<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]35
[e0e40d3]36 <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
[bbf90e8]37 <userinput>make check</userinput>. 2 tests are skipped that use
38 Automake. For full test coverage, Autoconf can be re-tested after
39 Automake has been installed.</para>
[3f8be484]40
[e0e40d3]41 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
[3f8be484]42
[e0e40d3]43<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]44
45 </sect2>
46
47 <sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content">
48 <title>Contents of Automake</title>
49
50 <segmentedlist>
51 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
52
53 <seglistitem>
[de4bf48]54 <seg>acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-&automake-version2;, automake,
55 automake-&automake-version2;, compile, config.guess, config.sub,
[3f8be484]56 depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs,
57 py-compile, symlink-tree, and ylwrap</seg>
58 </seglistitem>
59 </segmentedlist>
60
61 <variablelist>
62 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
63 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
64 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
65
66 <varlistentry id="acinstall">
67 <term><command>acinstall</command></term>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>A script that installs aclocal-style M4 files</para>
70 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake acinstall">
71 <primary sortas="b-acinstall">acinstall</primary>
72 </indexterm>
73 </listitem>
74 </varlistentry>
75
76 <varlistentry id="aclocal">
77 <term><command>aclocal</command></term>
78 <listitem>
79 <para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> files based on the
80 contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para>
81 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal">
82 <primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary>
83 </indexterm>
84 </listitem>
85 </varlistentry>
86
87 <varlistentry id="aclocal-version">
[de4bf48]88 <term><command>aclocal-&automake-version2;</command></term>
[3f8be484]89 <listitem>
90 <para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para>
91 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal-version">
92 <primary
93 sortas="b-aclocal-&automake-version;">aclocal-&automake-version;</primary>
94 </indexterm>
95 </listitem>
96 </varlistentry>
97
98 <varlistentry id="automake">
99 <term><command>automake</command></term>
100 <listitem>
101 <para>A tool for automatically generating
102 <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
103 <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files. To create all the
104 <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this
105 program in the top-level directory. By scanning the
106 <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds
107 each appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates
108 the corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file</para>
109 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake">
110 <primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary>
111 </indexterm>
112 </listitem>
113 </varlistentry>
114
115 <varlistentry id="automake-version">
[de4bf48]116 <term><command>automake-&automake-version2;</command></term>
[3f8be484]117 <listitem>
118 <para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para>
119 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version">
120 <primary
121 sortas="b-automake-&automake-version;">automake-&automake-version;</primary>
122 </indexterm>
123 </listitem>
124 </varlistentry>
125
126 <varlistentry id="compile">
127 <term><command>compile</command></term>
128 <listitem>
129 <para>A wrapper for compilers</para>
130 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake compile">
131 <primary sortas="b-compile">compile</primary>
132 </indexterm>
133 </listitem>
134 </varlistentry>
135
136 <varlistentry id="config.guess">
137 <term><command>config.guess</command></term>
138 <listitem>
139 <para>A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for
140 the given build, host, or target architecture</para>
141 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess">
142 <primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary>
143 </indexterm>
144 </listitem>
145 </varlistentry>
146
147 <varlistentry id="config.sub">
148 <term><command>config.sub</command></term>
149 <listitem>
150 <para>A configuration validation subroutine script</para>
151 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.sub">
152 <primary sortas="b-config.sub">config.sub</primary>
153 </indexterm>
154 </listitem>
155 </varlistentry>
156
157 <varlistentry id="depcomp">
158 <term><command>depcomp</command></term>
159 <listitem>
160 <para>A script for compiling a program so that dependency information
161 is generated in addition to the desired output</para>
162 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp">
163 <primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary>
164 </indexterm>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry id="elisp-comp">
169 <term><command>elisp-comp</command></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>Byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code</para>
172 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake elisp-comp">
173 <primary sortas="b-elisp-comp">elisp-comp</primary>
174 </indexterm>
175 </listitem>
176 </varlistentry>
177
178 <varlistentry id="install-sh">
179 <term><command>install-sh</command></term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>A script that installs a program, script, or data file</para>
182 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake install-sh">
183 <primary sortas="b-install-sh">install-sh</primary>
184 </indexterm>
185 </listitem>
186 </varlistentry>
187
188 <varlistentry id="mdate-sh">
189 <term><command>mdate-sh</command></term>
190 <listitem>
191 <para>A script that prints the modification time of a file or
192 directory</para>
193 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mdate-sh">
194 <primary sortas="b-mdate-sh">mdate-sh</primary>
195 </indexterm>
196 </listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198
199 <varlistentry id="missing">
200 <term><command>missing</command></term>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during
203 an installation</para>
204 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing">
205 <primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary>
206 </indexterm>
207 </listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry id="mkinstalldirs">
211 <term><command>mkinstalldirs</command></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>A script that creates a directory tree</para>
214 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mkinstalldirs">
215 <primary sortas="b-mkinstalldirs">mkinstalldirs</primary>
216 </indexterm>
217 </listitem>
218 </varlistentry>
219
220 <varlistentry id="py-compile">
221 <term><command>py-compile</command></term>
222 <listitem>
223 <para>Compiles a Python program</para>
224 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake py-compile">
225 <primary sortas="b-py-compile">py-compile</primary>
226 </indexterm>
227 </listitem>
228 </varlistentry>
229
230 <varlistentry id="symlink-tree">
231 <term><command>symlink-tree</command></term>
232 <listitem>
233 <para>A script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree</para>
234 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake symlink-tree">
235 <primary sortas="b-symlink-tree">symlink-tree</primary>
236 </indexterm>
237 </listitem>
238 </varlistentry>
239
240 <varlistentry id="ylwrap">
241 <term><command>ylwrap</command></term>
242 <listitem>
243 <para>A wrapper for <command>lex</command> and
244 <command>yacc</command></para>
245 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake ylwrap">
246 <primary sortas="b-ylwrap">ylwrap</primary>
247 </indexterm>
248 </listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
250
251 </variablelist>
252
253 </sect2>
254
255</sect1>
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